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Environmental education

Teaching a responsible approach to nature, the environment and natural resources - that is environmental education. It is about preserving our natural resources and sustainable development.

Numerous associations and institutions have made environmental education their mission. They support teachers and educators with teaching materials, ideas or extracurricular activities to bring environmental topics closer to the children in Jena.

The following overview should make it easier to find the right offer. The list does not claim to be exhaustive and is updated regularly.

1. nature education / agriculture / nutrition

Association/institution Offer Target group
Acker e. V.
  • Vegetable growing in theory and practice
  • Sustainable food production and experiences in nature
  • kindergarten
  • elementary school
  • Secondary school
Adventure playground Jena JuMäX e. V.
  • Adventure playground
  • Intercultural garden "Colorful vegetables"
  • Vacation camp
  • Adventure education courses (including nature experience)
  • Children and young people
Brehm Memorial Renthendorf
  • Educational museum program "Young naturalists"
  • Discover and explore nature together & get to know the animal and plant world
  • Children from 8 - 12 years
Youth Environmental Club Jena e. V.
  • Seminars, camps, excursions on the topics of nature and environmental protection
  • Nature garden design etc.
  • Children up to 12 years
Naturfreundejugend Thüringen e. V. Hiking and project days around the major theme "Experience nature with all your senses"
  • Elementary school
  • Secondary school
Ökoherz e. V.
  • Various offers on organic farming, organic food and sustainability
  • Project days and support for extracurricular excursions
  • Kindergarten
  • elementary school
  • Secondary school
Nickelsdorf manor school hostel
  • School trips, project days, vacation camps
  • Discover nature and experience it with all your senses, e.g. on a bat exploration tour, forest rally or meadow safari
  • Certified ESD learning center
  • kindergarten
  • elementary school
  • Secondary school
Schutzgemeinschaft Deutscher Wald e. V.

Forest as a place of learning - adventure hikes in the Jena city forest:

  • Year-round offer of adventure hikes on the topics of forest, environment and sustainability
  • adapted to the Thuringian curriculum
  • Certified with the Thuringian quality seal "Education for Sustainable Development"
  • Kindergarten
  • elementary school
  • Secondary school
Sinnfonia -
Sustainability and environmental education
  • Various nature experience offers
  • ESD-certified
  • kindergarten
  • elementary school
  • Secondary school
City forest (KSJ)
  • diverse nature experience offers in the forest and on the meadow
  • experience- and practice-oriented activities on various topics: e.g. nature conservation, native plant and animal species, getting to know ecosystems
  • kindergarten
  • elementary school
  • Secondary school
Holzland Wilderness School
  • Project and hiking days, school trips
  • Experience nature and acquire new skills
  • Children and teenagers
Wilderness School Trapper Camp
  • Project and hiking days
  • Experience nature and acquire new skills
  • Children and young people

2. global learning / sustainability / climate change

Association/institution Offer Target group
Bildungswerk für Schülervertretung und Schülerbeteiligung e. V.
  • Climate workshops and projects
  • Secondary school
BUNDjugend
  • Climate protection project days and AGs
  • Focal points: Consumption, energy, mobility and nutrition
  • Secondary school
One World Network Thuringia e. V.
  • Educational events on global learning: topics such as the environment, human rights, peace and sustainable development are covered across all subjects
  • Educational kits with teaching materials on a wide range of topics can be borrowed free of charge, including nutrition, energy consumption, climate, textiles and water
  • Elementary school
  • Secondary school
One World House e. V.
  • Support with materials, media, ideas for activities
  • Project boxes to borrow free of charge on topics such as coffee, cocoa, tea, water
  • Elementary school
  • Secondary school
Greenpeace Jena
  • Lectures or project days at school
  • Topics: Marine habitat, Arctic protected area, Pupils campaign, other topics on request
  • Elementary school
  • Secondary school
JUBiTh
YouthEnvironmentalEducation Thuringia
  • Educational modules on the topics of: Climate change, ecological footprint, climate-induced migration, sustainable nutrition, meat and its consequences, clothing - social sustainability, cell phones, world trade and fair trade, happiness and consumption
  • Alternative-ecological city tour Knowledge transfer and "experience-oriented education", carried out by students, topics are offered in modules, usually 6 hours long
  • Secondary school
Multivision e. V. - Association for youth and adult education
  • Association active nationwide
  • designs and organizes school education events on socially relevant topics such as: Ecology, environmental education, democracy and human rights
  • the current project "Energy Vision2050" explores the question of how we can achieve the climate target and thus bring about the necessary change towards extensive greenhouse gas neutrality
  • Secondary school
Nickelsdorf manor school hostel
  • School trips, project days, vacation camps
  • Topics such as renewable energies, climate and environmental protection are taught through experiments, discussions and excursions to practical examples
  • Certified ESD learning center
  • kindergarten
  • elementary school
  • Secondary school

Thuringian Institute for Sustainability and Climate Protection

Educational module in quiz form on the topics of climate, climate change, environment and sustainability

  • Grades 4 to 7

3. energy

Association/institution Offer Target group
Sunfried e. V.
  • Teaching energy generation, conversion and use in a playful way
  • Project day: "Experience energy" 3rd-4th grade, "Understanding electricity" 5th-6th grade, "Energy compass" 7th-12th grade
  • Elementary school
  • Secondary school
Imaginata e. V.
  • Energy project days
  • Experience energy - experiments and games on individual forms of energy, conversion options and renewable energies
  • Understanding electricity - hiking day focusing on electricity generation and the sustainable use of energy
  • Elementary school
  • Secondary school
Climate Protection Foundation Jena-Thuringia
  • 3D solar technology project day
  • 4th grade

4th waste / resources / water and wastewater

Association/institution Offer Target group
Municipal Service Jena (KSJ)
  • Kindergarten
  • Elementary school

JenaWasser special purpose association

  • Tour of the Jena central sewage treatment plant
  • Tour of the Burgau waterworks
  • Guided tours of the Mühltal pumping station water and wastewater museum
  • Implementation of an educational unit at elementary school in local history and science lessons; topics: Communicating water management relationships, raising awareness of the responsible use of resources
  • Teaching materials for 3rd and 4th grades: Information and experiments, visual material and instructions for games
  • Elementary school
  • Secondary school

5. noise

Association/institution Offer Target group
German Society for Acoustics (DEGA)
  • Noise case can be borrowed free of charge, incl. instructions (with sample tasks) - workshop can be booked (free of charge): Introduction to the world of hearing and acoustics, as well as lots of information on noise issues
n. a.

6. further offers

Association/institution Offer Target group
witelo e.V.
  • Bundling of offers of scientific and technical education
  • Free loan of workshop boxes on various topics (e.g. soil, water, insects)
  • preschool
  • elementary school
  • Secondary school
Association/Institution Offers Target group
BUNDjugend Thuringia
  • Lectures
  • workshops
  • Action days
  • Young people
Nature Conservation Youth (NAJU)
  • Excursions
  • camps
  • workshops
  • Children
  • Teenagers
  • Families
Naturefriends Youth Thuringia e. V.
  • Camps
  • seminars
  • events
  • Children
  • Teenagers
  • Families
Sielmann's Nature Rangers
  • Work and training camps
  • Adventure trips
  • Nature and local history excursions
  • children
  • Young people
Forest youth from the Schutzgemeinschaft Deutscher Wald e. V.
  • Bi-weekly afternoon program in Jena's city forest: experience- and practice-oriented activities, such as scavenger hunts and forest maintenance work
  • Children and young people aged 10 and over
Provider Subject Target group
Scientific and technical learning centers in Jena (witelo e.V.) various
  • preschool
  • elementary school
  • Secondary school
Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMUB) various
  • elementary school
  • Secondary school
Federal Environment Agency (UBA) various
  • preschool
  • elementary school
  • secondary school
Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) nature conservation
  • preschool
  • Elementary school
JenaWater - Aqua Agents Water, waste water
  • Elementary school
co2online non-profit consulting company mbH Climate protection
  • Elementary school
  • Secondary school
OroVerde - The Tropical Forest Foundation Rainforest
  • Kindergarten
  • Elementary school
  • Secondary school

Forest education server from the German Forest Protection Association

Forest
  • Kindergarten
  • elementary school
  • secondary school